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...Mahathir for revealing precisely the mentality of the Islamic leaders he was addressing. Even if the Prime Minister's assertions were true, they largely missed the point. If so many Jews were in influential positions, it would show the ability of Jewish communities to adapt to their environment and grasp what modernity is about. Constrained by a difficult history, Jews have had little choice but to find ways to integrate into host societies. Just as anti-Semites in Europe did in the past, Mahathir is mistaking a consequence for a cause. He misses the real target, the modern and globalized...
...among the Pashtun and split the Taliban's ranks. But the President's program could falter at the start: Karzai's advisers say Muttawakil has already declined a Cabinet post, and is considering asylum in an Arab country--possibly Qatar--far from Mullah Omar's long memory and vengeful grasp. --By Tim McGirk and Rahimullah Yusufzai
...seniors, the loss meant their careers would not end with a second run to the Tournament—two years ago, the Crimson made it there on the strength of a 10-win season—but rather meant they had to walk away knowing the chance escaped their grasp...
...Poonsters’ career of choice may offer the long elusive explanation why the Lampoon is incomprehensible when read as a humor magazine. Perhaps it’s not a humor magazine at all, but rather a sophisticated trade journal dealing in high risk derivative strategies far above the grasp of the financial layman. Never fear though: the Lampoon may not technically be a bad humor magazine, but it’s still okay to use it as a makeshift sponge to sop up piss around your toilet...
...video production. They speak PowerPoint like it's their mother tongue--it's how they do their oral reports. The kids at Packer have become one with their computers--and the Net that connects them--in a way that we, the generation that built those computers, will never grasp...